The Human Experience of Death, Dying, and Bereavement
摘要
The meaning attached to death could influence grief outcomes. Death meanings are influenced by cultural factors and by life expectancy in a society. Death meanings do change over time as well. Death meanings could be personal or based on collective experiences at both familial and societal levels. Death meaning is embedded within the following general perspectives that people take on death: Grief counselors/healthcare professionals can help bereaved individuals to explore their death meaning.